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Re: Heat, Mosquitoes & Tarp Color

On the mosquito thing... Mosquitoes are attracted to heat and dark colors... I have read that on more than one out door website and a few scientific websites... So it must be true if I saw it on the internet

On the mosquito thing... Mosquitoes are attracted to heat and dark colors... I have read that on more than one out door website and a few scientific websites... So it must be true if I saw it on the internet

Well duh! They can't put anything on the internet that isn't true. I wish I could remember where in the internet I read that...

Originally Posted by SmokeHouse

I thought the same thing, but I found that the dark sil nylon keeps the sun light out better and not as hot for me...

99% of the time your going to be hanging in the shade to begin with under the tree canopy. Color never made much of a diff. to me or the bug world. Once you are around skeeters, your around them no matter what.